Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-10

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diminished milk ard MIX pxodxe
must Be expected Tie FgEnaiuder a u,
se4sou- she cannot bv anv affe,
feeding be brought IN % give IS SulIcI
a. she would have Rfven had the eg~
! been keps Ep AL along Willard mavy
4 b essential that the Cow 81 rullk. s.
Kept up: for Il the c0ws are ailore5 =
) fan on IN their milk At this season n
} the year. Il VIII be impossible 4, hrfns
Them back again BY fnil feedineD Jrsi
Il tins time came orders Tor ali and
more than all the butter We c0uId
make, and then q draft on 6 for FniIk
Tor city use. We could not IN the face
OF such authorities as these. consider.
ing all the circumstances. afford 10 lei
the decline becone permanent; % /
tod frank 70 prepare for selling.
Il The loss has been equal 20 sixteen
per cent. We viii bexln u neeessitv
on grass. This i best wilted; 20 We
VIII cut y the morning, as soon a. the
dew ts OF, enough for the evening and
morning feed, not taking il 70 the barn
until Just before milking time In the
/ evening. | can soon get harley IN
the milk, and then | feel confident ne
can get the flow hack, II We do not S1c-
coed sooner en- wilted grass.
ibis. 10 the American swineherl.
the proceedings Of an Ohio Farmer
Tub: " Corn has been the main feed
too long. IL y neither the cheapest
nor the most healthfHi, but IL i the
handiest and most used. The men who
are having the best success are feeding
less corn and more oats, bran and mid
ditngs, apd always allowing their hogs,
Young or old, TO eat all the clover and
grass they can or viii. / have all
along commended that we can and ought
20 produce all our own pork, make our
own bacon, supply our own lard, and
stop this wholesale importation from
the East and the consequent hOw Of
coin from among rs. The sweetest
pork ! ever ate was fattened on oats.
With such country as the reclaimed
tidelands OF Puget Sound, producing
from eighty 10 one hundred or more
bushels OF oats to the acre; with q
country than which nowhere else can
grow clover more luxuriantly, and
where mill feed y destined 10 be cheap,
say again, for the hundredth time.
this Is 10 be pork-prodncing country
both east and west Of the mountains
Of Washington's great range.
Fred Spinning planted carrots on
the 18th Of June and bad a fine crop. -
So said Frank, the other day, adding:
+" That has been a landmark for US ever
since, about carrots. I had thought |
% drill carrots and rutabagas in the |
same row, fearing lest this late in the |
season June 36th) that the carrot seed |
might fal; but now comes an oppor-
tune rain Just In the nick of time for |
planting. and win leave that part of |
the mixed husbandry out for this year. |
Potter said yesterday, in looking over /
the carrots and beets, of which there /
are more than eight acres, that he
T" thought you was crazy TO plant so /
much seed item pounds Of beets and /
six OF carrOts) TO the acre" when we 1
were seeding; but now I see the ne I
cessity foi il, as he saw the splendid /
stand on most Of the ground, and vet /
not much too thick anywhere.
The fact l., am not quite satisfied;
for, after all, We have some skips in
the beets. I would plant, as Dyer said.
not less than twelve pounds per acre,
aRd | believe fifteen is better. BY |
planting plenty Of seed they help each |
other up, and by the time all casual
ties are provided for, the thinning out
Is no great task--no greater. in any |
event, than wedding. Our wedding. so
far, has cost $ll an sore, and, ii the
season Is wet, will run up to SIS, and
possibly SIS an acre, including all the
labor with the wheel hoe. viii be
If We do not get forty
tons 10 the acre, and really expect
more. IL would be hard TO convince
me that root culture did not pay, I'M
less, in the meantime, ensilage came
i'm to take their place for winter food
for the dairy. As TO that, ought 10
be more competent 10 judge after next
winters feeding Of two hundred tons
OF ensilage alongside Of many or
more roots.
i. II. Wilson. Of Sluak valley, visit
ed the creamery ON Thursday last.
Walking across the beet field, | re
marked that | was not satisfied with /
the stand OF beets. He seemed 10 1
think there was enough; that he had |
" raised fifty tons per acre by planting /
In rows three feet apart and cuitivating /
deep with a narrow shovel pillow" Pre-
cisely so; that Is the way 10 get the /
largest yield, but not the best roots.
can, however. pillow my beets, the |
drills Of which are but eighteen inches /
apart, aud may yet do So not TO kill |
weeds, bat 10 give air and moisture 10 |
the crup-if the soil seems 70 compact /
very solid about the roots. IL takes a /
steady horse. though. l once did this |
az Puyallup in rows but sixteen inches |
apart' with a small mule with small |
feet and destroyed but very few plants. |
1 had a narrow shovel (bull.tongue, We |
call theml made especially for the |
work. three inches vide, and set upon |
the shovel pillow frame. could and |
did get down with this nine inches |
deep twice in the row and did capital |
work.
The Sc rosy side OF farming is SO
often GLOW ingly stated, ! thought tbs
following extract from the letter OF an
I'D. old.time friend from way back
carly in the fifiies might not be amlss,
as giving the other side" in real lifs
She writes 81,
81 am net at all infatuated with
ranch life. One gets tired of the com
panienship OF horses and cattle and
chickens. and signs for something
more intelligent and congenial. And
on a ranch one seems 30 live simply Ia
work. thought | should At least
have time for reading, and ind COM
paniouship in that way, but can
scarcely ind time 60 read the daily
papers.
How many farmers aud farmer ;
wives and daughters snd sons can at
test the truth Of this. that one seems
10 live simply 10 work. Jane said
Yesterday that no matter how much
HELM there Is in the house my time IS
nlWavs full" | had felt the same bur
d.p about the outdoor vork--ihe
more help had. the more care aud
Dc less opportunity for leisure. And
vet would / exchange this for city lie
Not by any means That compan-
Iouship of horses and cattle and pig,
lambs chickens. colts. calves, and all
that. j. iust what do enjoy; they are
al pets, and in many instances intel1-
vspt ones. too. Old Barney and lhck
Know what the ringing Of the dinner
rel means lust as well a. DO. oad
Tony today though twenty seven wears
old. enjoyed little nip-and,tuek
rare with Queen, as much as u he IA